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Shloka 18

कपोती-विलापः स्वर्गसंयोगश्च

The Dove’s Lament and Celestial Reunion

ततः कदाचित्‌ तस्याथ वनस्थस्य समन्ततः । पातयन्निव वक्षांस्तान्‌ सुमहान्‌ वातसम्भ्रम:

tataḥ kadācit tasyātha vanasthasya samantataḥ | pātayann iva vakṣāṁs tān sumahān vātasambhramaḥ ||

Bhīṣma nói: Rồi có một lần, khi người ấy đang sống trong rừng, bốn phía bỗng nổi lên một cơn cuồng phong dữ dội. Tựa như luồng khí hung bạo ấy đang quật ngã những thân cây lớn quanh mình, khiến chốn hoang lâm chịu một sức ép đột ngột và áp đảo.

ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
कदाचित्once/sometime
कदाचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित्
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
वनस्थस्यof (him) staying in the forest
वनस्थस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootवनस्थ
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
समन्ततःon all sides
समन्ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः
पातयन्causing to fall/toppling
पातयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वक्षांसिtrunks (lit. chests) [of trees]
वक्षांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवक्षस्
Formneuter, accusative, plural
तान्those
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
सुमहान्very great
सुमहान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुमहत्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
वातसम्भ्रमःa violent wind-storm/whirl of wind
वातसम्भ्रमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवात-सम्भ्रम
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
F
forest (vana)
W
wind (vāta)
T
tree-trunks (vakṣāṁsi)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames nature’s sudden violence as a test of steadiness: one established in dharma—especially in a forest/ascetic setting—must endure upheavals without losing composure or purpose.

A person living in the forest is suddenly surrounded by a powerful wind-storm; the gusts seem to topple the trees, setting a dramatic scene for what follows.